📆 PublishDate: 2022-12-24 10:21:48 UTC
The seventh edition of the Kairouan Festival of Arab Poetry was held in Tunisia from 23rd to 25th December 2022, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. The festival saw the participation of a large number of Tunisian and Arab poets, critics and intellectuals, and was opened with a poem dedicated to Sharjah by Tunisian poet Abdul Majeed Farhat. The head of the Department of Culture in Sharjah expressed his thanks for the efforts made by Tunisia and its Ministry of Culture to organise the festival, and honored participants with certificates of appreciation and memorial shields. An exhibition was also held on the sidelines showcasing publications from the Department of Culture in Sharjah and House of Poetry in Kairouan.
- Tunisia celebrated the seventh Kairouan Festival of Arab Poetry from 23rd to 25th December 2022.
- The festival was held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.
- The festival was organised by the Department of Culture in Sharjah and saw the participation of a large number of Tunisian and Arab poets, critics and intellectuals.
- Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Owais, Head of the Department of Culture in Sharjah, Rashid Mohammed Al Mansouri, the UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, and Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qaseer, Director of the Cultural Affairs section at the Department of Cultural were in attendance at the opening ceremony.
- An exhibition was held on the sidelines of the festival showcasing publications from both Sharjah's Department of Culture and Kairouan's House of Poetry.
